29th January - Law News

Edition 4049: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has fired Conservative Party Chair Nadhim Zahawi after an independent investigation into his tax affairs found a serious breach of the ministerial code. “Following the completion of the Independent Adviser’s investigation – the findings of which he has shared with us both – it is clear that there has been a serious breach of the Ministerial Code,” Sunak said in a letter to Zahawi on Sunday

Saturday Conversations on Law

• We can’t expect small-fry SRA to fight oligarchs and organised crime | Law Gazette https://t.co/TQtBhOfxkC
• The Ministry of Justice will not contest the decision to release a man who killed his wife and was subject to the UK's first public parole hearing. Russell Causley, 79, murdered Carole Packman in Bournemouth in 1985 https://t.co/Wruz8qsss6
• News focus: 'Wagner mercenary' row highlights role of lawyers in SLAPPs | Law Gazette https://t.co/0LfIejhIJW
• Rebuke for solicitor caught on camera making "lewd gesture" - Legal Futures https://t.co/YyhyqOLHaK
  
• Most law students still fixed on moving to London | Law Gazette https://t.co/beYr3oe6lX
• Lords can stop police getting pre-emptive protest ban rights, Green peer says - Labour must whip its benches to vote against controversial proposed powers, says Jenny Jones https://t.co/g5BbfYmDZa
• England and Wales still lowest-risk jurisdiction | Law Gazette https://t.co/Dl9YuKuCIZ
• BSB to commission independent review of enforcement processes - Legal Futures https://t.co/qonSoyzP7R
• Listed firm sells book of PI work for £1.3m | Law Gazette https://t.co/TTI0luCxCJ 
• Tory donors own UK properties via more than 150 offshore firms - People including property developers and peers who have collectively donated £21m named on new register https://t.co/7QPdfV0vWp
• TLT’s profits break £50m in record year | Law Gazette https://t.co/5GkU1jbqjp
• Family court reporting pilot scheme to begin in England and Wales - Journalists will be able to report on proceedings provided they protect anonymity of families involved https://t.co/YAFmax073K
  
• What the Tyre Nichols beating videos shows #US https://t.co/GuyWIvWH6w 
• Parliament ratchets up pressure on SRA and solicitors - Legal Futures https://t.co/sFqyboE9wp 
• Strasbourg chief defends Human Rights Act | Law Gazette https://t.co/L5Po4tln0Z 
• Gulf royals own more than £1bn of UK property via tax havens https://t.co/fDknT77t4I 
• Fears of escalating conflict as gunman injures two #Israelis in East Jerusalem - Shooting comes hours after seven people killed outside synagogue and two days after deadliest Israeli raid in West Bank for 20 years https://t.co/XWjwTcZSw
• A former classmate of rapist Isla Bryson has said she feels "violated" after learning of her crimes. Louise Turner, 24, was paired with Bryson on a beauty course in Ayrshire https://t.co/nfmtyKjqB8
• A serving member of the British Army, Daniel Abed Khalif, 21, was charged over two incidents including attempting to "elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in 2021 https://t.co/74kLLW1dGe
• Axiom to enter regulation after obtaining ABS licence - Legal Futures https://t.co/nXpmWnUiuq 
• 'Unionisation may be our only choice,' legal aid chief tells members | Law Gazette https://t.co/lwGkiQxGUP
  
• Six gang members have been jailed for trafficking a teenage drug runner. Rather than prosecute the boy, detectives pursued the adults controlling him https://t.co/ru1ovwj0Ql 
• More civil servants intended to lodge complaints against Dominic Raab over his behaviour but allegedly pulled out for fear of being identified. Senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC is investigating a number of complaints about the deputy PM's behaviour https://t.co/ycB3EpBS4n 
• Sarah Jackson: British windsurfer says south coast like 'surfing in sewage everyday' - Campaigners have blamed Southern Water, which is permitted to release untreated sewage during periods of heavy rain to stop drains backing up https://t.co/Lou9xK6srm 
• Eight Israelis killed leaving synagogue in East Jerusalem - Gunman waited until Shabbat prayers ended before opening fire on people in worst terrorist attack on Israelis in years https://t.co/5GJHmePRxs

28th January - Law News

Edition 4048: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Today's Highlighted Video Story: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets - a Sukhoi Su-30 and a Mirage 2000 - crashed during a training exercise earlier today, officials said on Saturday, resulting in the death of one pilot. While one aircraft crashed in Morena in Madhya Pradesh, the other is believed to have gone down 100 km away in Rajasthan's Bharatpur

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Law has lagged behind trends towards casual dressing for too long https://t.co/lk4JGFXfOc
• First transparency order opens family case to reporters | Law Gazette https://t.co/tvAxYJwQcy 
• ‘More like Annabel’s’: London law firm seeks to redress dress code https://t.co/likNcXR2UW
• Law firm can get “need-to-know” designation for Mozambique disclosure - Legal Futures https://t.co/Ekm8ozBUhH
• Rebuke for 'lewd gesture' at 2017 Christmas party | Law Gazette https://t.co/5pYYGlaSwy
• Why Scotland’s gender reform bill is sparking concern over trans prisoner policies https://t.co/w3aToT4Y2K
• A judge in #Romania has described the "particular dangerousness" of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan in terms of their ability to target women https://t.co/vTDHT3oKL2
• New 'failure to prevent' offence could hit lawyers | Law Gazette https://t.co/ElzRsKm0eY
• Labor flags law reforms to stop cases involving national security being cloaked in secrecy #Australia https://t.co/BLn6AM2NWb
• Judge warned over drinking during a hearing break | Law Gazette https://t.co/K3IHXniQ8t
• British man who posted far-right videos that influenced the gunman behind a xUS mass shooting has been given an 11-and-a-half-year sentence. Daniel Harris, 19, uploaded racist videos, Manchester Crown Court heard https://t.co/1tqfZN7McT 
• Scottish actor Alan Cumming has returned the OBE he was awarded in 2009 as part of the Queen's birthday honours list. The X-Men star said although he had been "grateful", his eyes were now "opened" over "the toxicity of empire" https://t.co/UAIEVAIgz8 
• A man has been "crushed by a telescopic urinal" while working in central London. A rescue operation is in place at the junction of Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road https://t.co/E2owJNz3pR
  
• #Israel has carried out air strikes on Gaza in response to rocket fire as tensions soar in the wake of a deadly army raid in the occupied West Bank. Six rockets were fired, Israel claims, with Israel attacking what it asserts were militant sites https://t.co/EJxz7sFWy
• Survivors and world leaders are marking Holocaust Memorial Day with remembrance services and events. It honours the Jewish people murdered, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other groups https://t.co/oozvtbC66L 
• ‘House of brands’ group becomes largest legal B Corp - Legal Futures https://t.co/vCxdzvbMwV 
• Will this Ohio judge’s retirement spell the end of fair elections in the state? #US https://t.co/T2j63Gt1ox J
• Firms sign up to divorce support scheme for staff | Law Gazette https://t.co/nM1YKdPRYA
  
• LSB considers ban on NDAs unless employee asks for one - Legal Futures https://t.co/M53jDyQyMP 
• Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release #US https://t.co/HX8o8gwnFQ
• NHS hospital trust fined £800,000 after admitting failings in the care of a baby who died after 23 minutes. Nottingham University Hospitals pleaded guilty over the care of Wynter Andrews, who died after being born in 2019 at the Queen's Medical Centre https://t.co/trz4XrLVBN 
• Vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years https://t.co/FRvQ6KQ4q
• Panel to steer opening up of justice data | Law Gazette https://t.co/2VBoAGTGgm
• Law firm sues Trustpilot for defamation over 20 negative reviews - Legal Futures https://t.co/Hmn1DdApvf 
• Nadhim Zahawi faces questions over source of £30m unsecured loans to wife’s property company https://t.co/H0BJQ4hSoO
• Raise SRA’s fining power to £250 million, say peers | Law Gazette https://t.co/6Cdses9pyh
• Windrush inquiry head disappointed as Braverman drops ‘crucial’ measures https://t.co/bm3TptLkoT
  
• Rapist who threatened to kill victim’s date has sentence reviewed https://t.co/pzs3zYUQO3
  
• What may Zahawi’s lawyers have got wrong? - Legal Futures https://t.co/2ukgeGjE8r 
• Nearly 400,000 self-employed people on low incomes are being penalised for filing their tax returns late when most of them don't owe any tax. Penalties can build up until people owe thousands of pounds, according to Tax Policy Associates https://t.co/ax3PFkICIh
  
• Tyre Nichols murder: Five black Memphis police officers charged over death #US https://t.co/Gd0YeOnAEu

27th January - Law News

Edition 4047: LawNewsIndex is a UK based daily legal news archive on Law, Lawyers, Law Firms, Justice, Jurisprudence, Legislation, Litigation, Legal Ethics & Human Rights since 2011.

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Focus of the Day Law News/Article: A  solicitor has spoken about the important role that law centres play in housing matters as she and her colleagues head to the UK’s highest court this week. Full story - The Law Society Gazette  

 

Today's Highlighted Video Story: A former Australian in-house lawyer has described a culture of fear at the Department of Social Services as the Robodebt scheme began to unravel. She has told a royal commission no-one wanted to bring bad news to the department's boss who was described as controlling.

Saturday Conversations on Law

• Improving the criminal justice system through expert, cross-agency efforts | Law Gazette https://t.co/oYwM2sFevr
• Afghan judge and women’s rights defender has been denied permission to enter the UK due to a lack of 'sufficient compelling and compassionate circumstances' | Law Gazette https://t.co/eCIBdjc2au
• Crown courts working group creates real opportunities to find solutions | Law Gazette https://t.co/cke3CG5GiT
• Suspended jail sentence for man who forged solicitors' letters - Legal Futures https://t.co/NV7eWmMwpn
• Just two solicitors among latest High Court appointees | Law Gazette https://t.co/CrPXAye5xh 
• ‘Potentially risky’ people being released after years on remand, watchdog warns - Growing number of offenders on remand in England and Wales not offered support before being freed, prisons inspector says https://t.co/IWzHqcy5XN
• $11.1bn arbitration case 'contrived to justify failure', court hears | Law Gazette https://t.co/JQrNqfF8uR
• A police officer who tried to dodge two speeding tickets by getting his wife to take them on his behalf has been jailed for six months. PC Mark Hinchliffe, 43, was caught on camera twice in three months https://t.co/8AvU2SukpX
• A rapist of two women who declared identifying as a woman subsequently, will not serve her sentence in a female jail, Scotland's first minister has said. Isla Bryson was remanded to Cornton Vale women's prison initially https://t.co/eROvdYr9h
• Rishi Sunak told to ditch plans to overhaul human rights laws - MPs and peers say bill will damage people’s ability to enforce rights and harm UK’s international reputation https://t.co/r2cxUGkhdU
• There are no penalties for "innocent" tax errors, the boss of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has told MPs. Appearing before a Commons committee, Jim Harra was pressed on issues around the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi https://t.co/hkNqchXOMQ 
• Mediation service hit landmark of 1,000 NHS cases - Legal Futures https://t.co/QLhR0cQuPB 
• PI firm hails 'milestone' as profits and revenue grow | Law Gazette https://t.co/DVZroB7VwM 
• Human rights trial against Russia over downing of flight MH17 to go ahead - udges rule Russia eligible for trial for alleged war crimes in Ukraine because of its effective control over separatist-held areas https://t.co/li93kMOVjo
• Lammy backs compulsory racial bias training for judges | Law Gazette https://t.co/6ZXpbYdcNt 
• Taliban ministers have told a senior UN official they plan to draw up new guidelines to allow #Afghan women to work in some humanitarian operations https://t.co/wOTk0zRaob
• A man has been charged with assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground. Geza Tarjanyi, 61 and from Leyland, Lancashire, has been charged with common assault and two public order offences, British Transport Police said https://t.co/79qzlMvtqd
• Virginia school had three warnings about 6-year-old with gun, says lawyer #US https://t.co/8u0sPeb2c
• The man suspected of murdering a teenager whose body was found three years after she vanished is likely to have changed his appearance around the time of the offence, police said https://t.co/13gKwRRw9
• Nine Palestinians, including an elderly woman, have been killed in an #Israeli military raid in the occupied West bank, Palestinian officials say. The Palestinian health minister warned that the situation was "critical" in Jenin https://t.co/w5lK4bICZh
• Increase in suspicious activity reports made by lawyers - Legal Futures https://t.co/HbPnN0Ztxd 
• Dentist expert witness wins appeal against £50,000 costs order | Law Gazette https://t.co/u3wnQsS7mW
  
• Life insurance firm DeadHappy defends Harold Shipman advert https://t.co/TXJZaPyu3C 
• Number of SRA investigations into SLAPPs continues to rise - Legal Futures https://t.co/uyBcY73pXE 
• Two more papers found in Trump’s storage last year were marked secret #US https://t.co/vkAYMyLuZq
  
• A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock on the London Underground. Police said the 61-year-old was arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence https://t.co/KlpCl6HeIj
• Two or three Met police officers to face trial every week, commissioner predicts - Mark Rowley tells London assembly that police bracing for corrupt officers in court until 2025 as ‘systemic failings’ rooted out https://t.co/ptoBqryS0Q
• Labour asks why Treasury unit let oligarch under sanctions bring libel case - Key Putin ally who founded Wagner mercenaries tried to ‘subvert sanctions and silence journalist’, says Pat McFadden https://t.co/cnrRA7jRuT
  
• International dog show showcasing American bullies has been cancelled following a BBC investigation into the trading of the popular breed. The American Bully Kennel Club (ABKC) UK event was due to be held at Coventry Building Society Arena on 11 February https://t.co/vjb4QpbKvj
• A man has apologised in court for racially abusing Premier League footballer Ivan Toney online. Antonio Neill, 24, of Blyth, Northumberland, admitted a charge of sending an offensive message https://t.co/76gLCSwMh4
• Law centre heads to Supreme Court | Law Gazette https://t.co/ptGYcrnwOV
  
• When can widowed daughter-in-law claim maintenance from father-in-law: Patna High Court answers | Bar & Bench #INdia https://t.co/ZsGxX9eKTg
• At least 24 civil servants involved in complaints against Dominic Raab, say sources https://t.co/KU6uC93euL 
• Charities urge PM to stop using hotels to house migrant children https://t.co/Lfzy7EbK47
• A car stripped for parts in Digbeth while owner at gig - Rebecca Scotland parked the Citroen C1 in a Digbeth car park while at a show at the O2 Academy in Birmingham https://t.co/1tBW8Kbtci